For what it's worth, I've had an excellent experience with Cricket for the past 9 years (primarily in the Knoxville market). I do not work for Cricket, nor have I ever had any affiliation. This is just my opinion

At first, the service was local only, so it was a trade-off between no roaming or paying for minute overage fees with traditional carriers. Obviously, local-only service did not suit people who traveled frequently, but for those of us who used a lot of local minutes (perhaps in business), and seldom traveled, it was a reasonable alternative to expensive high-minute plans from traditional carriers (of course, there were no unlimited plans from traditional carriers at that time). The only thing more expensive, of course, was going ...(continues)